Trapper&#39;s compound tool



C. W. PLEAUE.

TRAPPERS COMPOUND TOOL.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 16,1920.

L398,3%8 Patented N93. 29, 1921.

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To all whom it may concern.

Be it known that I, CHESTER W. PLEAUE, acitizen of the United States,."residin .at Sands, in the county of Marquette and tate of Michigan, have invented certain new'and useful. Improvementsin Trappers Com-- pound Tools, of which the following is a This invention relates to improvements in a combined tool comprising separate sections adapted to be secured together to form an ax, chisel, hoe, vise,-and a fish-spear, all for the use ofhunters and trappers in the vocation of their trade, and has for'its particular object to provide a knockdown tool which can, be used in-various ways when the exigency arises and'be packed within a small ,compass and therefore made easy to carry the movable clani ing jaw used in connection with the toolead to form a vise;

Fig. 3'is a side elevation showing the vise members assembledy Fig. 4- is a view showing the parts assembled to form a hoe, and f Fig. 5 is a view showing spear members assembled.

Specification-of Letters Patent. Paflagntgd New, 19211 0 1920. Serial No. 396,732?

whose axis lies at a right angle to the axis of the opening 12.

Openings 12, 13 and 16 are adapted to alternately receive a'screw-threaded stem 17 of the socket-member adapted to receive the the movable clamping jaw 7 in the manner clearly shown in F ig; 3 -of the drawing.

Thus. when the socket-member is fixed in the o pening 16, the handle of the tool will be at right angles to the tool-head 5, and in position to form a chopping-tool of the ax or hatchet type; and when the socket-mem- 6, and opening 14 is lber is fixed in the opening 12 inaxial relation to the head, a chisel will be formed of the tool-head; and a hoe or scraper will be formed when the handle is secured in aperture 13, as shown in Fig. 4 of thedrawing.

To form a visethe shank 18 of the clamping jaw 7 is inserted in the opening 14 and the end of the handle-member is inserted through a smooth opening 71, from the outside thereof, and its threaded portion 17 is engaged in the opening 13 of the tool-head. Thus as the portion 17 is advanced through the aperture 13, the clamping jaw will also angular shank 18 of be advanced correspondingly by the shoul-.

'der 17 formed on the handle-member, The clamping jaw cooperates and registers with the anvil-end of the tool-headto form the vise? Similar reference numerals in all of the' figures of the drawing designate like parts;

The device comprises a tool-head 5, a handle-socket-member 6, a movable clamping jaw 7 adapted to be'adjustably secured to the tool-head 5, and hers 8 and 9 adapted to be secured to said .handle socket-member in a position to form a fish-spear.

Tool-head 5 is formed wit a wide, and flat bodyportion 10, having ormed in one end an axially extending screw-threaded erabl formed a side aperture 13, which is also screw thi'eaded, andbelow said aperture 13 is formed an angular opening 14 havin smooth "walls, and an ed e screw-threade openin I 16 is formed in t e' tool-headpref- TJetWeen the apertures 13 andlt and other suitable to'ol memaperture 12, and below said aperture isthey can be positioned (as shown The tool 8 is formed with a relatively wide and. flat body portion 81 which has at one end a screw-threaded tubular portion 82, andat its other endis shaped to serve as a spear-head 83. Through the body 81 is formed an elongated slot 84 which is located in alinement with the threadedopening in the tubular portion 82, and said'slot 84 is formed substantially as wide as the diameter of the stem 17 offthe handle, so that said stem will extend therein and engage the side walls thereof, so that the tool can be used as a lever for prying purposes, and is also formed in communication with the opening 85 so that said opening will not clog with dirt or other material. The slot 84 is also adapted to receive the double-pointed spear-members 9, which are formed U- shaped, and one wider than the other, so that of the drawing) to form a forked spear. The spear-points are retained in position by the end of thestem 17 when the: handle socketmember 6 is attached.

When a trapper sta ts 011. 2 9 a Visit. $0

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his traps, he desires as small a load as possible and what he does carry he wants confined in a small package. Thus the difi'erent sections of the above-described tool can be readily packed in his game bag, and when he reaches the location of the traps he can assemble the hatchet and cut a long handle to.

' it into the socket-member. To retain the driven through an aperture in the wall of 'the interference of. the handle.

handle is shifted to the axial position, so, that an ice-chisel is'formed which will digto handle in the socket, a spike 19 is provided which is preferably hinged to the socketmember, and said spike 19 is adapted to be reaches the trap, the stream in which the trap 1s planted freezes, and the hunter is then obliged to cut the ice to secure the game. Should the ice not be very thick, the tool can be used as an ax to chop the ice, but

should the ice be thick, say. two or three feet, 'then the ax is almost useless on account of Then the any depth. Should he desire fish, the fish- .spear, can be assembled; and without the prongs 9,'the device can be utilized as a lclimbing' stafl. 1 a The grub-hoe formed as shown in'Fig. 4 of the drawing is useful in banking earth around the base of a tent, and also in removing dirt from under the wheel of a mired lautomobile; and the device when formed 'as a vise serves as a handyiwrench or clamp to hold the trapsw'hen repairing is required.

: Shank I8 ofthe movable jaw has its free;

resents end formed to provide a screw-driver blade I 72, and the toolehead' 5 is notched at '51 to provide a nail-puller.

' Socket member 6 "is provided with a through opening 61, which is adapted to receive a suitable lever (the tool-member 8 can be used as such), to'release the stem 17 from any of the openings should it stick therein. The screw-threads used on the different parts are quick or coarse threads but may have any pitch desired.

Having thus describ d the invention, what is claimed is:- I y 1. A tool of the character described, comprising a'solid metal tool-head having oneedge sharpened to form a cutting blade and provided with an. axial threaded aperture in its butt end and a side threaded aperture, adjacent the butt-end and extending through. the tool-head from one flat side to the other, and a metal handle member'having athreaded stem at one end to alternately engage in said axial and side apertures, and also formed with a socket in its other end to receive a wooden handle.

2. A; tool of the character described, comprising a solid metal tool-head having one edge sharpened to form a cutting blade and provided with an axial threaded aperture in its butt-end, a side threaded aperture adjacent the butt-end and extending through the tool-head from one flat side to the other, and

an edge threaded aperture extending intO' the tool-head at a point approximately mid- Y way between the butt and cutting edges, and

a metal handle member having a,threaded stem atone end to, alternately engage in each i of said apertures, and also formed .with a socket in its other end to receive a wooden handle. 2

In testimony whereof I afl ix my signature.

CHESTER w; PLEAUE. 

